Month: November 2017

Former Chelsea captain Marcel Desailly believes Manchester City will find it tough to keep winning during the winter and that the Premier League title race is still open. With criticism coming from all directions, Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil may be the epitome of a polarizing player. Like so much in English football, the debate centres on

CONCORD, N.C. — Rowdy Harrell has more rings than Liberace, enough to cover all of his fingers, both thumbs and a significant portion of his skin. “I can’t wear them all at once, so I actually have all of them tattooed under here,” he said, thumping the very large chest beneath his black Hendrick Motorsports

Jemez hasn’t had the easiest time in Liga MX but his presence, and his ideas, are welcome. MEXICO CITY — After six straight seasons without Liguilla football at the Colonia Nochebuena, Cruz Azul is only one win away from securing its place in Mexico’s big dance. The job at hand is to beat Veracruz, a

1. A lesson (hopefully) learned The PGA Tour is in the midst of making changes to the FedEx Cup “playoffs,” and any alterations to the format can’t come soon enough — especially in light of what happened Sunday on the PGA Tour Champions. It was there at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship where the nightmare

Jason Roy believes that Ben Stokes and Alex Hales have “dealt extremely well” with the fall-out of Stokes’ arrest in Bristol in September, an incident that inadvertently allowed Roy to reclaim his place at the top of England’s ODI batting order. Speaking at the Chance to Shine Awards at Lord’s, Roy reflected on a disappointing

UFC welterweight champion Tyron Woodley had planned to take the rest of 2017 off to nurse a shoulder injury, but he’s willing to make an exception. Woodley, of St. Louis, told ESPN on Wednesday that he’s healthy enough to defend his title against Nate Diaz at UFC 219 on Dec. 30 in Las Vegas. “If

Sir Bradley Wiggins won five Olympic gold medals, as well as a silver medal and two bronze medals Sir Bradley Wiggins said his life was “a living hell” during an investigation into allegations of wrongdoing at British Cycling and Team Sky. On Wednesday, UK Anti-Doping said there would be no charges over a ‘mystery’ medical

8:55 AM ET ESPN staff Sergio Garcia will use Callaway equipment during this week’s DP World Tour Championship, but claims he is still yet to finalise an agreement with the golfing giants. Garcia, 37, is currently on the hunt for a new equipment supplier after former sponsors TaylorMade last week confirmed that they would be

Arkansas athletic director Jeff Long has been fired, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. A formal announcement is expected later Wednesday. The school’s dismissal of Long likely signals football coach Bret Bielema is on his way out, too. Long hired Bielema from Wisconsin in December 2012, a move praised at the time because Bielema

Nov 17, 2017 Greg WyshynskiESPN The two most frightening things I’ve witnessed in the past few weeks: That scene in “Stranger Things 2” with the monster and the cat (you know the one), and watching Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl of the Edmonton Oilers absolutely toy with teams in the 3-on-3 overtime. In back-to-back games,

LONDON — A win over Jack Sock at the ATP Tour Finals gave Roger Federer a leg-up on Tiger Woods when it comes to career prize money. Off-field earnings for star players often dwarf the on-field rewards of their sport, but Federer arrived at the O2 Arena having amassed an incredible $109,853,682 in prize money

11:09 AM ET Victoria MonkESPN LONDON — It was all geared up to be a great match as Grigor Dimitrov and David Goffin stepped out onto centre court at the ATP Finals on Wednesday; both players having won their first Round Robin matches over three sets and currently only one World Ranking place apart —

12:03 PM GMT ESPN staff The Rugby Football Union remains open to hosting further NFL games at Twickenham despite concerns over the state of its pitch. Twickenham was the venue for two NFL games last month, and American football markings were still clearly visible on the turf as England beat Argentina last Saturday. As reported

Are the now-.500 Cleveland Cavaliers back on track or do they have bigger problems? What moves can they make to ensure a Finals rematch? Our NBA Insiders go 5-on-5. 1. Now that they’re back to .500, the Cavs’ mood should be …? Jackie MacMullan, ESPN.com: Buoyant. LeBron is energized from trolling Enes Kanter, Frank Ntilikina

Mercedes personnel were robbed at gunpoint after the Brazilian Grand Prix in Sao Paulo Formula 1 bosses are to discuss way to improve security at grands prix following a series of problems outside Brazil’s circuit at the weekend. Mercedes personnel were robbed at gunpoint on Friday night and a number of other vehicles had near

Through July 31, Chris Sale had a commanding lead in the American League Cy Young race over Corey Kluber: Sale: 13-4, 2.37 ERA, 148.1 IP, 103 H, 27 BB, 211 SO Kluber: 8-3, 2.90 ERA, 114.2 IP, 87 H, 27 BB, 161 SO Barring injury, Sale was in excellent position to win his first Cy